Throughout the 1970s, Juneau completed of five deployments to the western Pacific, including eight trips into Vietnamese waters, earning five battle stars for its efforts in the Vietnam War. Juneau conducted the first AV-8B Harrier landing on a Pacific Fleet LPD in February 1976.

During the 1980sJuneau completed seven deployments. In April 1989, Juneau received emergency orders to Prince William Sound in support of the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean up. She was the first Naval vessel on station, and assumed the duties of command and control ship for Joint Task Force Alaska. She provided berthing, communications, transportation (both surface and air), food, medical and laundry services for over four hundred civilian cleanup workers.

In May 1991, Juneau proceeded to Bangladesh to assist in Operation Sea Angel, providing relief after a disastrous cyclone.

During its 14th deployment, Juneau was diverted to the coast of Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope. Her embarked Marines ensured the security of shipments of food supplies to the people of Somalia.

From June to September of 1999Juneau participated in the first SHIP-SWAP with her sister-ship USS Dubuque (LPD-8), where each ship's crew remained in their original home ports, allowing Dubuque to return to the homeport of San Diego, California.

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